Saturday, December 29, 2007
Registration (8:00-9:00)
Opening Ceremony (9:00-10:00)
Keynote 1 (10:00-10:45)
Is Nanotechnology the Next Big Thing?
Arokia Nathan, London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London
Coffee Break (10:45-11:00)

Session 1: Analog Circuit Techniques (I) (11:00-12:50)
Session Chair: Ahmed Soliman, Cairo University
Session co-Chair: Khaled Salama, Rensselar Polytechnique Institute

Towards a Switched Current FPAA
Mourad FAKHFAKH, Siwar MASMOUDI, Mourad LOULOU

Low Voltage CMOS Fully Differential Current Feedback Amplifier with Controllable 3-dB Bandwidth
Ahmed H. Madian, Solimam A. Mahmoud, Ahmed M. soliman

A 5.25-GHz CMOS Cascode Class-AB Power Amplifier for 802.11a WLAN
Steve Hung-Lung Tu, Sky Chang-Hung Chen

New Switched Capacitor Biquad Filter Using Current Feedback Operational Amplifier
M. F. Nouraldin,S. A. Mahmoud and A. K. Kl-Kafrawy

2.5Gb/s CMOS RGC Transimpedance Amplifier
Han Liang, Ye Yizheng, Bai Tao

Power Efficient High Speed Switched Current Comparator
Yong Sun, Fengchang Lai

Session 2: Digital Signal and Data Processing (11:00-12:50)
Session Chair: Magdy Fikry, Cairo University
Session co-Chair: Ayman El-Ezaby, American University in Cairo

An RFID-Based Robot Navigation System with a Customized RFID Tag Architecture
Md. Suruz Miah and Wail Gueaieb

Multi-Channel Implementation of G. 729 A/B on FPGA
Habibullah Jamal, Ali Adnan Malik

Design and Implementation of area optimized AES algorithm on reconfigurable FPGA
Ahmed Rady - Ehab EL Sehely - A.M. EL Hennawy

An FPGA Implementation of AES with Support for Counter and Feedback Modes
James S. Grabowski, Amr M. Youssef

Hardware implementation of the Encoder Modified Mid-band exchange coefficient technique (MMBEC) based on FPGA
Mohamed E. Elhadedy, Ahmed H. Madian, Hassan I. Saleh, Mahmoud A. Ashour, Mohy A. Aboelsaud

Modeling of ITU-T G.729 Codec with Bit-width Optimization for Intensive Computation Blocks
Neda Kazemian Amiri, Sied Mehdi Fakhraie, Gholam-Ali Hosein-Zadeh, and Sied Mahmoud Mousavinejad

Session 3: VLSI Design (11:00-12:50)
Session Chair: Serag Habib, Cairo University
Session co-Chair: Mohamed Watheq Al-Kharashy, Ain Shams University

Modeling Wireless Sensor Network Nodes Using SystemC-AMS
Michel Vasilevski, Hassan Aboushady, Francois Pˆecheux and Laurent de Lamarre

High-Performance Low-Power Digital Linear Interpolation Filter
Magdy A. El-Moursy, Ahmed G. Abdellatif

A High-Speed, Low-Area Processor Array Architecture for Multiplication over $GF(2^m)$
M. Fayed, M. Watheq El-Kharashi, F. Gebali

SOPC BASED ASYNCHRONOUS PIPELINED DCT WITH SELF TEST CAPABILITY
G.Lakshminarayanan, K.K.Anilkumar

Implementation of a digital neuron with nonlinear activation function using Piecewise linear approximation technique
Amit Mishra, Zaheeruddin, Krishna Raj

An Efficient Multi-operand Addition Structure
Sied Alireza Sadrossadat, Neda Kazemian Amiri, and Sied Mehdi Fakhraie

Lunch (13:00-15:00)

Session 4: RF Techniques (15:00-16:45)
Session Chair: Mourad ElGamal, McGill University
Session co-Chair: Maria Helena Fino,

Fully Embedded CDMA Cellular-band Lumped LC-Quadrature Hybrid Coupler into Organic Package Substrate
Yi Jae Lee, Jae Yeong Park

Design of Wideband LC Balun Embedded Into Organic Substrate Using Coupled LC Resonators
Jong Cheol Park, Jae Yeong Park

Design Equations For Fractional-Order Sinusoidal Oscillators: Practical Circuit Examples
A. G. Radwan, A. M. Soliman and A. S. Elwakil

A Technique for Truly Linear LC VCO Tuning, A Proof of Concept
Bassel Hanafi, Emad Hegazi

Accurate Modeling of Submicron CMOS Ring Voltage Controlled Oscilators
M. Helena Fino

Session 5: Systems on Chip (I) (15:00-16:45)
Session Chair: Hani F. Ragai, French University
Session co-Chair: Richard Buchmann, University of Paris VI

A Fully Static Scheduling Approach for Fast Cycle Accurate SystemC Simulation of MPSoCs
Richard Buchmann,Alain Greiner

Co-simulation Platform Based on System C for Multiprocessor System on Chip Architecture Exploration 
Sami BOUKHECHEM, El-Bay BOURENNANE, Halim SAMAHI

Modeling Communication Cost and Hardware Alternatives in PSO Based HW/SW Partitioning
M .B. Abdelhalim, S. E.-D. Habib

Design and Performance Evaluation of a Reconfigurable Delta MIN for MPSOC
Yassine Aydi - Samy Meftali - Jean Luc Dekeyser - Mohamed Abid

A Time Constrained Scheduling Method Based on Dynamic Combination of Genetic Algorithm and Ant Algorithm
Guangshun Li, Junhua Wu, Baogui Huang, Guangsheng Ma

Session 6: Testing and Formal Verification (15:00-16:45)
Session Chair: Hazem El-Tahawy, Mentor Graphics Corp.
Session co-Chair: Ahraf Salem, Ain Shams University

Checking Properties of PLL Designs using Run-time Verification
Zhi Jie Dong, Mohamed H. Zaki, Ghiath Al Sammane, Sofiene Tahar, Guy Bois

Integrating SAT with Multiway Decision Graphs for Efficient Model Checking
Sa'ed Abed, Otmane Ait Mohamed, Zijiang Yang, Ghiath Al Sammane

A Performance and Functional Assertion-Based Verification Methodology at Transaction-Level
Hassan Hatefi Ardakani, Amir Masoud Gharehbaghi, Shaahin Hessabi

Assertion-Based Debug Infrastructure for SoC Designs
Amir Masoud Gharehbaghi, Mozhgan Babagoli, Shaahin Hessabi

Coffee Break (16:45-17:00)

Panel: Prospects of Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Education (17:00-18:00)

 

Sunday, December 30, 2007
Keynote 2 (9:30-10:15)
Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems MOEMS / or MEMS - The opportunity and the challenge
Tarik Bourouina, Head of the Microsystems Group at Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs d’Electronique et Electrotechnique (ESIEE-Paris)
Invited Talk (10:15-10:45)
Mobile TV: Optimizing the End-User Experience
Nabil Yousef, Cofounder and Director of Engineering, Newport Media
Coffee Break (10:45-11:00)

Session 7: Analog Circuit Techniques (II) (11:00-12:50)
Session Chair: Mohamed Dessouky, Ain Shams University
Session co-Chair: Anas Hamaoui, McGill University

Synthesis of Voltage Followers and Design of Switched Current Memory Cells
Mourad Fakhfakh, Siwar Masmoudi, Mourad Loulou, Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle

New Analytical Synthesis of Current-Mode Multiple Output High Order Filter Structure
R. F. Ahmed, A. M. Soliman

Computing simplified noise-symbolic-expressions in CMOS CCs by applying SPA and SAG
C. Sanchez-Lopez, E. Tlelo-Cuautle, M. Fakhfakh, M. Loulou

Low Voltage DC-DC Converter Controller Based on CMOS Rail-to-Rail Second Generation Current Conveyor
A.A.Soliman, S.A.Mahmoud, T.M.Hassan

Low-Voltage Analog Current-mode Central Pattern Generator Circuit for Robotic Chewing Locomotion using 130nanometer CMOS Technology
S. M. Rezaul Hasan, W. L. Xu, Nazmul Ula

AC Boosting Compensation with Zero Cancellation for Multistage Amplifiers
Ramy Yousry, Khaled Sharaf

Session 8: Digital Circuits (11:00-12:50)
Session Chair: Serag Habib, Cairo University
Session co-Chair: Mona Hella, Rensselar Plytechnique Institute

SRAM Dynamic Stability Estimation Using MPFP
DiaaEldin Khalil, Muhammad Khellah, Nam-Sung Kim, Yehea Ismail, Tanay Karnik, Vivek De

Independent-Gate and Tied-Gate FinFET SRAM Circuits: Design Guidelines for Reduced Area and Enhanced Stability
Sherif A. Tawfik, Zhiyu Liu, Volkan Kursun

High Speed FinFET Domino Logic Circuits with Independent Gate-Biased Double-Gate Keepers Providing Dynamically Adjusted Immunity to Noise
Sherif A. Tawfik, Volkan Kursun

A 90nm CMOS Multimode Image Sensor Intended for a Visual Cortical Stimulator
Roula Ghannoum, Mohamad Sawan

Design of a Low-Power ZigBee Receiver Front-End for Wireless Sensors
Amr Amin Hafez, Mohammed Amin Dessouki, Hani Fikri Ragai

Noise Tunable Clock Delayed Domino Logic Using Latched Keeper
Amir Amirabadi, Amirhasan Darvishan

Session 9: MEMS Devices & Applications (11:00-12:50)
Session Chair: Tarik Bourouina, ESIEE-Paris
Session co-Chair: Sherif Sedki, American University in Cairo

CMOS Compatible Edge Coupled Capacitive MEMS Switch for RF Applications
Shumin Zhang, Wansheng Su, Mona Zaghloul

Acoustic Band Gap Filter Designs as a Potential Future RF MEMS Technology: An Introduction to Fractal Silicon-Based ABG Filters
John S. Hamel, Ryan C. Norris, Liping Yu

Effect of Parallel Capacitance in Increasing Output Power of Electrostatic MEMS Converters
Mona S. Salem, Marwa S. Salem, A. A. Zekry, H. F. Ragai

Electrostatic MEMS Converters with a Switchable Dielectric Constant for Micro-Scale Power Generation
Mona Salem, Marwa Salem, Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc, Mona Mostafa Hella

Adaptive MOEMS Applications in Telemetry and Multi-Spectral Imaging
Reda Fayek

Design of a Hybrid Closed Loop Control System for a MEMS Accelerometer Using Backstepping Principle
Amir Farrokh Payam, Faezeh Arab Hassani, Morteza Fathipour

 

Lunch (13:00-15:00)

Embedded Tutorial 1 (15:00-16:30)
The new Scaling Trend: Many Core Systems-on-Chips. Opportunities and Challenges for Supporting the New Exponential
Yehea Ismail, Northwestern University, and Yehia Massoud, Rice University

Embedded Tutorial 2 (15:00-16:30)
Integrated Biosensors
Khaled Salama, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Embedded Tutorial 3 (15:00-16:30)
Design of Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converters
Anas Hamoui, McGill University, and Hassan Aboushady, University of Paris VI

Coffee Break (16:30-16:45)

 

Session 10: RF Circuits (16:45-18:30)
Session Chair: Mona Zaghloul, George Washington University
Session co-Chair: Khaled Sharaf, Ain Shams University

A Differential 3.3V BICMOS Buffer with Current Consumption and Linearity Control for RF Mixer
L. Zaïd, F. Haddad, O. Frioui, J. Roche, W. Rahajandraibe, R. Bouchakour and A. Sangiovanni

A 2.4GHz Enhanced CMOS Sub-Sampling Mixer
Ahmed Hamed, Khaled Sharaf

Enhanced Capacitor Cross Coupled Front-End
Hossam Ali , Khaled Sharaf

Systematic Design Procedure for Q-Enhanced Integrated LC Filters
Florent D’halluin, Nicolas Beilleau, Hassan Aboushady

A 1.75 GHz CMOS Class E RF Power Amplifier and Oscillator
Ayman Ameen, Khaled Sharaf

Design and Simulation of Digitally Tunable High-Q On-chip Inductor
Joseph E. Zekry, George N. Daoud, Hani A. Ghali, and Hani F. Ragai

Session 11: Systems on Chip (II) (16:45-18:30)
Session Chair: Mohamed Watheq ElKharashy, Ain Shams University
Session co-Chair Khaled Salama, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

MPSoC Power Estimation Framework at Transaction Level Modeling
Rabie Ben Atitallah, Smail Niar, Jean-Luc Dekeyser

SDL To VHDL Conversion Rules: A Case Study
Mohamed Mortada, Amr T. Abdel-Hamid

Profiling CAD Tools: A Proposed Classification
Jason G. Tong, Mohammed A. S. Khalid

Automatic Generation of SystemC Transactors from Graphical FSM
Ali Habibi, Sofiène Tahar, Otmane Ait Mohamed
Stratus: A procedural description language based upon Python
S. Belloeil,C. Masson, J.P. Chaput, H. Mehrez

Session 12: VLSI Design – Communication Applications (16:45-18:30)
Session Chair: Yehia Antar, Royal Military College of Canada
Session co-Chair Ayman El-Ezabi, American University in Cairo

Design of a Novel Circulator for Wireless Transceivers
Ahmed Moussa, Yaser Khalaf, Ahmed Khalil

High Throughput Encoder Architecture for DVB-S2 LDPC-IRA Codes
Marco Gomes, Gabriel Falcão, Alexandre Sengo, Vitor Ferreira, Vitor Silva, Miguel Falcão

Integrated Dielectric Resonator Antennas For System On-Chip Applications
P.V. Bijumon, Y. M. M. Antar, A .P. Freundorfer and M. Sayer

Antenna Miniaturization Using UC-PBG for Wireless Communications Applications
Abdelnasser A. Eldek

Ultra Low Power UHF RFID Tag in 0.13μm CMOS
Ahmed Ashry, Khaled Sharaf

 

Monday, December 31, 2007

Session 13: Clock and Data Recovery (9:00-11:00)
Session Chair: Mostafa Ghannam, Kuwait University
Session co-Chair Mohamed Dessouky, Ain Shams University

50-MHz Phase Locked Loop with Adaptive Bandwidth for Jitter Reduction
J.Roche; W. Rahajandraibe; L. Zaïd; A. Perez; G.Bracmard

A 2.5-3.125Gbps Clock and Data Recovery Circuit for Multi-Standard Transceivers
Amr Elshazly, Mohamed Dessouky, Hani F. Ragai

FPGA Implementation of a Fully Digital CDR for Plesiochronous Clocking Systems
Eliyah Kilada, Mohamed Dessouky, Adel Elhennawy

A Novel All Digital Delay Lock Loop (ADDLL)
M. K. Elbidweihy, A. N. Hafez, N. A. Ghamry, S. E. D. Habib

7.5-GHz Injection-Locked Dual Modulus Prescaler With 1-GHz Locking Range
Bassel Hanafi, Khaled Sharaf

1.5GSPS 4-bit flash ADC using 0.18μm CMOS
Khaled Ali Shehata, Hanady Husien, Hani F. Ragai

Session 14: Analog VLSI (9:00-11:00)
Session Chair: Mohamed Sawan, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Director of Polystim
Session co-Chair David Ng, Science Park, Hong Kong

A charge pump circuit using multi-staged voltage doubler clock scheme
Wen Chang Huang, Jin Chang Cheng, Po Chih Liou, Che Wei Liou

Design of a Low-Mismatch Gain-Boosting Charge Pump for Phase-Locked Loops
Rania H.Mekky, Mohamed Dessouky

A Low-Power High-Output-Driving CMOS Voltage Reference with +/- 0.5% Trimming Accuracy
David C. W. Ng, William Y. T. Wong, Ngai Wong, K. C. Wan, Karen H. M. Wan, David K. K. Kwong

Comparison of Output Drivers for High-Speed Serial Links
Dina Heidar, Mohamed Dessouky, Hani F. Ragai

A Novel Fully-Integrated Dropless Voltage CMOS Rectifier for Wirelessly Powered Devices
Saeid Hashemi, Mohamad Sawan, Yvon Savaria

Biasing Technique for Reduced Process and Temperature Variations of High Speed, Low Power Switched Capacitor Circuits
Botros George, Mohamed Dessouky, Hisham Haddara

 

Session 15: Device Characterization and Modeling (I) (9:00-11:00)
Session Chair: Hisham Haddara, Ain Shams University
Session co-Chair Diaa Khalil, Ain Shams University

Design and Characterization of Metal-Insulator-Metal – Metal Finger Capacitors
Kalavathi Subramaniam, Albert Victor Kordesch, Mazlina Esa

Performance and Modeling of Bonding Wire Transformers in a Package for RF ICs
Kuan-Yu Lin, Mourad N. El-Gamal

Uncoupled Mode-Space Simulation Validity for Double Gate MOSFETs
Yasser M. Sabry, Tarek M. Abdolkader, Wael Fikry Farouk

A New Empirical I-V Model for NMOS and PMOS Transistors
Francisco I. Hirata, Muriel Muller, Yang Ni, and Claude Gimenes

Compact SPICE Model for Single Electron Tunnel Junction
El-Sayed Hasaneen,Mohamed A. A. Wahab, Mohamed G. A. Makled

Coffee Break (11:00-11:15)

 

Session 16: Analog Circuit Techniques (III) (11:15-13:00)
Session Chair: Mourad Fakhfakh, Sfax Tunisia
Session co-Chair: Fathi Farag, Zagazig University

Optimizing Second Generation Current Conveyors using Particle Swarm Optimization
Yann Cooren, Mourad Fakhfakh, Mourad Loulou, Patrick Siarry

Low supply voltage High speed CMOS current mirror for analog design
Houda BDIRI GABBOUJ,Néjib HASSEN, Kamel BESBES

3V CMOS Rail to Rail Op-Amp
K. M. AbdelMoneim, S. A. Mahmoud

Switched Inverter- A New Technique for Sample Data Low-Voltage and Low-Power Applications
Fathi A. Farag, Marcio C. Schneider, and Carlos Galup-Montoro

New Active Capacitance Multiplier for Low Cutoff Frequency Filter Design
Hala Y. Darweesh, Fathi A. Farag, Yaser A. Khalaf

Very High-Gain and Fast-Settling Opamp for Switched-Capacitor Applications
Ali Rostami, Mohammad Hossein Zarifi, Mousa Yousefi, Zia addin KuzeKanani, Jafar Sobhi

Session 17: CAD for VLSI (11:15-13:00)
Session Chair: Ashraf Salem, Ain Shams University
Session co-Chair Mohamed Dessouky, Ain Shams University

Computing Systematic Offset in Amplifiers Using Hierarchical Graph-Based Sizing and Biasing
Ramy Iskander, Marie-Minerve Louërat, Andreas Kaiser

A New Method for Power Estimation and Optimization of Combinational Circuits
Ahmed Sammy Aldeen, Hussain Al-Asaad

Power Aware Channel Width Tapering of Serially Connected MOSFETs
Sudhanshu Choudhary and Shafi Qureshi

A Genetic Approach to Gateless Custom VLSI Design Flow
Mohammed Shoaib, Noor Mahammad Sk and Kamakoti.V

Theoretical and Simulation of Crosstalk between Two Strip Lines Using Multiconductor Transmission Line
Said Ghnimi; Adnen Rajhi; Ali Gharsallah

Session 18: Device Characterization and Modeling (II) (11:15-13:00)
Session Chair: Minoru Watanabe, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Session co-Chair Wael Fikry, Mentor Graphics Corp.

A Novel Current Driving Method Using Organic TFT Pixel Circuit for Active-Matrix OLEDo-C
Bongno Yoon, Aram Shin, Man Young Sung

Performance Enhancement in Asymmetric Gate Dielectric MOSFET
Dnyanesh S. Havaldar, Guruprasad Katti, B. M. Jadeja, Rathnamala Rao, Nandita DasGupta and Amitava DasGupta

DORGA holographic memory architecture
Minoru Watanabe,Shoutarou Fukagawa, Fuminori Kobayashi

Low-Voltage Tunable Double-Gate MOSFET Transconductor for VHF/UHF Continuous-Time Filters
Hesham F A Hamed, Savas Kaya

Novel low temperature techniques for growth of ultrathin oxides for Strained Si MOS Devices
Binsu J.Kailath, Amitava DasGupta, Nandita DasGupta, S Bhattacharya, B. M. Armstrong, H. S. Gamble and J McCarthy

A pnpn GaAs-InGaAs optoelectronic switch
Der-Feng Guo, Jung-Hui Tsai, Chien-Ming Li

Lunch and Closing Remarks (13:00-15:00)